Ego's in Workplace

twinkiedooter · May 31, 2008, 12:26 PM

This guy is in every office that I've ever been in. He is nothing remarkable out there. You'll just have to somehow endure this guy until management either catches on or he leaves. Pointing out to him that you didn't see him apparently did not go over that well with him as he successfully has everyone snowed under his malarkey. Just keep doing your job as best as you know how. If you can somehow make a truce with this jerk, please do so and try and take his direction with a good attitude. You will find that in every office setting there are these kinds of people who know it all and have to cram their seniority and "I know more than you" down everyone else's throat. Just be patient. He'll get his one day when he least expects it from the boss in the form of a pink slip. Just keep showing YOUR integrity and your worth to the company.

Fr_Chuck · May 31, 2008, 12:52 PM

Yes, this is how most larger companies are, he is there, has been there for years, and most likely why there was a opening for you to come to work. If you try and fight him, normally you lose, since the company has put faith and trust in the older worker. And also, while you will be offended, sometimes the college way, or book way is not the way things are really done in real life, we used to have young college grad ( engineering) come to work and it took them 2 or 3 years to figure out that real life and what was taught in the book are too different things.

Also you have to understand that there is a company political system in place, and you will have to learn to work within that system.

dontknownuthin · Jun 3, 2008, 11:06 AM

I think you should cordially listen to him but do not act on his instructions unless you know them to be accurate. Go to your manager for direction. Don't challenge the guy's varacity - you'll just win an enemy and he's been there a long time, so for some reason he's got some pull there.

Be competent in your job, don't make waves and get promoted over his head so that you don't have to work with him any more.

If he were your supervisor I'd suggest you find another job elsewhere. One thing I've learned though - don't wage battles in the office that you do not have authority to win. It's his manager's job to worry about this jerk, and yours to do the job you were retained to do. While you might want to help the company by pointing out this useless, lying load on their resources, what will inevitably happen if you try to show him for what he is - you will be viewed as a guy who can't get along and is not focused on the job at hand. You have nothing to gain in this so just avoid him and do your work well.

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